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Cassis

Cassis

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A small port town in southern France with high cliffs and pretty sea inlets
  • proper noun
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  • Embraced by rugged cliffs, the sparkling beach is about an hour's walk from the Cassis harbor.

Examples

  • For a non-jet set look at the Riviera, try Cassis, with its snug harbor democratically mooring both brightly colored fishing boats and passing yachts.

  • A butterfly landed on my foot as I soaked up the sunshine on the rocks in Cassis when I was 16.

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  • No, if I could have creme de Cassis or syrup de banan.

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  • Matisse spent a month in Cassis in the winter of 1909.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Cassis is easy to remember if you think of the Latin word cassis, which means 'helmet'. The high cliffs around the harbour look like a helmet protecting the town, so the name fits this small port on the Mediterranean.